The Vietnam War severed the United States. America was split between those that opposed and supported the war, but as time went on, more and more people began to oppose it and a national antiwar movement developed. The movement against the Vietnam War was the most successful antiwar movement in U.S history. During the Johnson administration it played a very important role in constraining the war and was a major factor in the administration’s policy reversal in 1968 and it was also a factor in Johnson's decision to retire from office. During the Nixon years, it catalyzed U.S troop withdrawals, put pressure on the administration to pull out form the war, and it promoted legislation that cut U.S funding for the war. Ultimately the protest movement became a major reason for Nixon’s decision to pull out from Vietnam in 1973.
The Vietnam War severed the United States. America was split between those that opposed and supported the war, but as time went on, more and more people began to oppose it and a national antiwar movement developed. The movement against the Vietnam War was the most successful antiwar movement in U.S history. During the Johnson administration it played a very important role in constraining the war and was a major factor in the administration’s policy reversal in 1968 and it was also a factor in Johnson's decision to retire from office. During the Nixon years, it catalyzed U.S troop withdrawals, put pressure on the administration to pull out form the war, and it promoted legislation that cut U.S funding for the war. Ultimately the protest movement became a major reason for Nixon’s decision to pull out from Vietnam in 1973.